Description
Araucaria (Latin scientific name: Araucaria cunninghamii Sweet) is a tree of the Araucaria family and the genus Araucaria. It is 60 to 70 meters high in the place of origin, with a diameter of 1 meter or more at breast height. The bark is gray-brown or dark gray, thick, transversely split; large branches Spread or obliquely extend, the young tree has a spire-shaped crown, and the old one is flat-topped. The side branches are densely growing, drooping, and nearly pinnately arranged. Araucaria is not hardy, avoid drought, and needs plenty of sunshine in winter; it is native to the southeastern coastal areas of Oceania, It is cultivated in open courtyards in Guangdong, Fujian, Taiwan, Hainan, Yunnan, Guangxi and other places in China.